4.1% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kwinana (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kwinana (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 64% of workers in Kwinana (South Metropolitan) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, the area has a higher rate of public transport use for commuting than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 4.1% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4% and about the same as the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kwinana (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 4.8% of workers, which is much higher than in most similar areas. In contrast, only 5.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
5.9% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% —
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 278 public transport stops, giving it more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Western Australian figure.
278
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,169.7
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
17
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kwinana (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53105/kwinana/topic/transport